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Shah Rukh Khan & Rani Mukerjee as ambassadors of Disability Rights - Volume 4 Issue 1: Disability News and Information Service for India

Shah Rukh Khan & Rani Mukerjee as ambassadors of Disability Rights

The mega
Bollywood entertainment event “Temptations 2005” held in support of N.C.P.E.D.P.
became a major platform for dissemination of awareness and raising funds for a
barrier-free India. It also presented Shah Rukh Khan (S.R.K.) and Rani Mukerjee
as ambassadors of Disability Rights. Following are a few selected quotes from
their media interactions in Mumbai and Delhi.

S.R.K. on
disabled people:

“Disabled
people do not need sympathy; they are very strong individuals. Stronger than
you and me. Disabled people are a part of society and we cannot separate them
while looking at society.”

S.R.K. on
N.C.P.E.D.P.:

“This
organisation is doing good work in lots of different areas. I have learnt about
their activities through the literature that was given to me in these months and
while planning for the show. I am privileged to be able to help N.C.P.E.D.P. in
its selfless work.”

S.R.K. on
Barrier-free India:

“We take so
many small things for granted. I just want disabled people to get ramps on
footpaths, in cinema halls, business houses and lifts. The funds collected from
the event will be utilized to make public places more accessible for the
disabled.”

Rani
Mukerjee on disabled people:

“Disabled
people are as normal as any of us. In fact, they are more hardworking and
stronger as they have to make an extra effort to keep up in a world which seems
most insensitive to them.”

Rani
Mukerjee on art by disabled people:

“Creativity has
no barriers. In fact, disability is no barrier for being creative. Art is not
about perfection but about being expressive.”

Rani
Mukerjee on her understanding of disability since Black:

“Before Black,
I was concerned about the needs of the disabled. But after spending time with
them, I realised what they go through. My friends at Helen Keller Institute
taught me a lot. They are more courageous than the average human beings.
Post-Black I’ve become stronger and have started thanking God for being so kind
to me.”